Shaw Farms

Our take

What’s actually confirmed here

Shaw Farms operates at 1737 State Route 131 in Milford, Clermont County, on Cincinnati’s east side. The record confirms a real, dated piece of information straight from the farm’s own site: the 2026 season opened July 1. General hours are Monday through Saturday, 9am to 6pm, and Sunday 9am to 5pm, with the caveat “weather permitting” built into the posted schedule itself — a small but honest signal that this farm’s hours can shift with conditions. Confirmed activities include a corn maze, tractor-drawn and horse-drawn hayrides, and pedal karts.

Built around pumpkins, not apples

Here’s the central gap in this record, and it’s a meaningful one: Shaw Farms’ own admission page — the most current page found during this research — is structured entirely around general farm and pumpkin-season pricing. It doesn’t mention apples, apple pricing, or apple varieties anywhere. Third-party write-ups describe apple picking as available at Shaw Farms, and that’s reflected in this record’s u-pick field, but it is not something confirmed directly on the orchard’s own current site. If you’re specifically driving out to Milford for apples, that’s a real gap worth resolving with a phone call first, since the farm’s own marketing energy is clearly pointed at its fall pumpkin-and-attractions season instead.

What a visit costs, if you go for the attractions

The admission structure here is clear even without apple-specific pricing: general farm admission is free, and the named attractions are priced separately — a corn maze at $9, a tractor-drawn hayride at $6, and a horse-drawn hayride at $8. That a la carte structure means you can visit without spending anything beyond gas money, or add specific paid experiences depending on what your group wants to do. Pedal karts are also listed as an activity, though no price is recorded for them in this record.

A real date, just not the one you might want

It’s worth giving Shaw Farms credit for one thing many orchards in this dataset don’t manage: a specific, orchard-confirmed 2026 date (July 1) for its season opening. The catch is that this date covers the general farm and pumpkin season, not an apple-specific window, so it doesn’t directly answer the question of when apples will be ready to pick. Treat it as evidence the farm is actively maintaining its site for the current year, even though the piece of information most relevant to apple-focused visitors — a picking date — isn’t part of what’s been posted.

The bottom line

Shaw Farms is a real, active Clermont County family farm with confirmed paid attractions and a genuine 2026 opening date, but this record cannot confirm apple u-pick pricing, varieties, or a specific apple season window from the farm’s own site — that information exists only in third-party sources. If apple picking specifically is why you’re visiting, call 513-575-2022 to confirm availability before you go; if you’re coming primarily for the corn maze, hayrides, and pumpkin season, the confirmed details here are solid enough to plan around.